Director, Nursing Informatics

Job Type: Regular Full Time

Organizational Department: Sinai Health -> Mount Sinai Hospital -> Clinical Informatics

Employee Group: Non Union

Location: Mount Sinai Hospital Campus - Toronto, ON M5G 1X5 CA (Primary)

Travel Requirement: Travel required between campuses and other locations

Hours (subject to change): 37.5 hours a week, additional hours may be required.

Salary Scale: TBD

Job Description

Sinai Health is seeking a Director of Nursing Informatics. Reporting to the Vice President, Digital Strategy and CIO, and working in strong collaboration with the Chief Nurse Executive (CNE) in addition to the Vice President, Professional Practice, Nursing and Health Disciplines, the Director of Nursing Informatics will support the delivery of safe, high quality, efficient patient care through the effective application of information and information technologies. As a trusted advisor and collaborator, the Director of Nursing Informatics will be responsible for thought leadership, planning, implementation and evaluation of effective health information system(s), and in leading change with all clinical teams, particularly our nursing staff. The Director of Nursing Informatics will ensure that priorities are aligned with the Hospital's strategic plan.

In this role you will:

- Serve as the liaison for health IT efforts representing nursing and clinician needs
- In partnership with senior leadership, create a communications strategy and cross-organizational vision for nursing/clinical informatics in concert with the overall nursing communication strategy.
- Understand the impact of regulatory changes and interpret them for internal and external constituents
- Develop the nursing/clinical informatics strategies related to health IT procurement, implementation, maintenance and optimization
- Combine knowledge of patient care, informatics concepts, and change management to effectively address the information and knowledge needs of health care professionals and patients to promote safe, effective, and efficient use of health IT in clinical settings.
- Develop clinical systems strategies in collaboration with other senior nursing/clinical and medical informatics and operational leaders
- Act as a change agent in the identification, development, planning, implementation, and value measurement of informatics strategies to support quality patient care and professional practice
- Develop and implement appropriate service delivery in collaboration with IT leadership in defining, delivering, and improving services for the enterprise and its customers
- Incorporate nursing research and evidence-based nursing knowledge into nursing informatics practice
- Maintain relationships with key business partners and other senior industry leaders in order to leverage best practices, evaluate emerging technologies, and distribute knowledge internally to inform plans and strategies
- Work with vendors to proactively strategize on development and/or enhancement of clinical information system solutions to meet organizational business needs
- Work with clinical and IT leaders in evaluating the effectiveness of technologies and workflows that impact clinical users
- Collaborate with nurse leaders in planning and implementing program expansion and growth, including new business ventures, construction, and projects
- Assess evolving patient care delivery models, hospital operations, human resource processes, health care finance and payment models impacting the continuum of care
- Promote advancement of clinical and business intelligence systems capable of reporting variables to evaluate patient outcomes, to support research, and operational improvement across the continuum of care
- Ensure a competent, technology-enabled workforce

Quality

- Coordinate and collaborate with administrative teams, clinical leaders, information technology, financial services and quality/regulatory/risk management amongst others in the development of high quality and innovative clinical information systems that assist the clinician in their delivery of care
- Ensure quality improvement efforts are consistent with promoting informatics research, regulatory bodies, and guidelines as well as evidence-based practice that supports positive clinical outcomes
- Ensure coordination and integration of standard of care practices across all clinical departments for quality patient care
- Act as a change agent working with nursing and clinical leadership teams in the identification, development, planning, implementation and measurement of overall informatics strategies to support quality patient care and professional practice
- Provide critical analysis and evaluation of health IT and recommend revision of clinical systems, processes, and workflow to ensure achievement of positive patient outcomes
- Ensure that the environment, technology and infrastructure are emphasized in the prevention of medical errors and adverse events.
- Promote the use of health IT to improve patient safety by designing, developing, implementing, and educating on decision support tools
- Continuously collect, analyze, and report data in collaboration with quality on patient safety issues and outcomes
- Work in partnership with information technology (IT) leadership to leverage predictive analytics tools to identify at-risk patients and populations

Policy and Procedure

- Support nursing leadership to implement infrastructure (policies and procedures) that supports the nursing community
- Develop and maintain standards of care that inform evidence-based practice, quality of care, patient safety and clinician workflows
- Implement policies, procedures and processes for data analysis
- Ensure nursing practices and corresponding policies and procedures related to health IT follow appropriate applicable regulations and standards

Technology

- Collaborate with administration, medical staff and IT leaders to translate clinician requirements into coordinated specifications for new clinical solutions
- Define health IT requirements for nursing as they relate to the strategic plan
- Provide leadership in the area of disaster planning and recovery strategies consistent with principles of high reliability
- Encourage surveillance and reporting of errors where health IT is a contributing factor
- Implement downtime readiness procedures and internal reporting regarding system response time and service level agreements for connectivity and operational effectiveness of health IT

Job Requirements:

Mandatory

- Master of Science in Nursing, Informatics and Information Systems. A Master of Business Administration or closely related field is optional
- Certification in Health Informatics, Information Technology, Computer Science or other certification that is deemed to be equivalent
- Current and active RN license
- Minimum 5-8 years of nursing leadership experience and 2-5 years leading in clinical information system development, informatics or work experience leading in clinical information, project or change management roles

Preferred

- DNP or PhD in Nursing/Informatics
- Recent experience implementing a new electronic patient record (EPIC, Oracle Cerner, Meditech) in an academic health science centre

Skills and Knowledge

- Demonstrated experience, in and/or formal training in clinical business improvement techniques and in-depth knowledge of the ability of clinical informatics and clinical information systems to transform health care delivery in quality of care, patient safety and sustainability ideal
- Experience or knowledge about LEAN or equivalent methodologies
- Possess knowledge of clinical workflow and applies this knowledge in assessing, implementing and evaluating digital solutions
- Ability to analyze complex problems in a changing environment and develop recommendations and solutions
- Action oriented and results driven
- Demonstrated ability to influence, engage and collaborate effectively with stakeholders
- Superior communication (written & oral), interpersonal and organization skills

If this sounds like you and you feel ready to build your career within nursing informatics, apply now and let us know why you'd be a great addition to our team.

Open Date: 3/3/2025

Posting Deadline: 3/24/2025

All applications must be submitted by no later than 4:00pm of the posting deadline date.

Employment at Sinai Health is conditional upon the verification of credentials, completion of a health review, and demonstrating proof of immunity and vaccination status of vaccine-preventable diseases. All employees and affiliates will follow safe work practices and comply with health and safety policies, procedures and training.

As an equal opportunity employer who understands that diversity enriches our community and culture, we invite applications from all qualified candidates including Indigenous Peoples, racialized people, disabled people/people with disabilities, women, and members of 2SLGBTQIA+ communities. If you require accommodation(s) due to disability at any point during the application and hiring process, please contact 416-586-4800 ext. 7050, or email TalentAcquisitionAccommodation.msh@sinaihealth.ca.

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